Bringing my dragon to the source

I do not have any good bowls to feed my bearded dragon large discoids. Is there any reason why I can't just put him inside the colony bin to eat his fill? There is a lot of roach poop and cleaner crew beetles and that is the only thing im worried about. Other than that i figured out that when I give him salad I can feed whatever he does not eat to the roaches and it seems to be the best method so far of keeping them fed and gutloading them healthily while not wasting veggies.

This is the dish I'm using https://www.target.com/p/36oz-stoneware-avesta-bowl-project-62-153/-/A-54188841?preselect=53516993#lnk=sametab

Its tall enough the roaches cant get out but my 12" beardie can easily climb over the rim and gobble them up! Plus its only $4.

Otherwise I'd say pull out your feeder insects and put them in a separate clean rubbermaid bin with you beardie and let him run around and catch them in that.

Notta":1qosl8yf said:

I do not have any good bowls to feed my bearded dragon large discoids. Is there any reason why I can't just put him inside the colony bin to eat his fill? .

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I know that is (or was) a popular click-bait on social media for a while, but I have reservations.

lizalizaliza":1qosl8yf said:

Otherwise I'd say pull out your feeder insects and put them in a separate clean rubbermaid bin with you beardie and let him run around and catch them in that.

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I like this alternative much better.

I understand the difficulty in finding good escape-resistant feeder bowls. I used a plastic "dipping bowl" (similar to this, but plastic) from a grocery store kitchen utensil section at first. Good size (3" dia,), slick parabolic interior, easy to view contents, easy to clean. The only downside was the weight--he could tip it very easily, allowing the feeders to scatter & hide.

Then I bought one of these. Seemed like/is a good option for some, but has some blind spots in the interior, and feeders were escaping being eaten (not escaping the bowl).

We're back to the plastic dipping bowl for now, but keep looking. Everyone has slightly different criteria for the "perfect" bowl.

Maybe I'll meet a ceramic hobbyist willing to develop a better--reasonably priced--product. :wink:

Just feed him one at a time in his tank , he will learn to eat his fill when the bugs are offered.